The clip shows Claire and Jamie discussing young Ian’s return to the Ridge.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the entertainment industry, Outlander fans are bracing themselves for an extra-long Droughtlander—that dreaded period between new seasons of the TV series—ahead of season six.

While new episodes have been confirmed by Starz, it’s unclear how long production will take, given the ongoing global health crisis.

But fortunately this morning, we can offer a bit of relief by way of an exclusive deleted scene from season five, which aired earlier this year. In the clip above, which will be included in the collectors edition of the season, but is premiering on T&C today, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) discuss their nephew young Ian’s return to their community on Fraser’s Ridge after having lived for an extended period with the Mohawk Native Americans.

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Kenneth Branagh is bringing his life story to the big screen. The famed actor, director, and screenwriter is currently working on a semi-autobiographical film about his childhood growing up in Northern Ireland, which is rumored to be titled Belfast. Nothing official has been announced yet, but Outlander star Caitriona Balfe recently confirmed the news of the movie (and that she would be playing Branagh’s mother) on social media.

Here’s what else we know so far:
Caitriona Balfe shared the news with an excited tweet.

“I guess the cat is out of the bag!!! So delighted to be working on this special project with this amazing cast and the wonderful Kenneth Branagh. Exciting stuff!” she posted on social media.
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I guess the cat is out of the bag!!! So delighted to be working on this special project with this amazing cast and the wonderful Kenneth Branagh. Exciting stuff! #Belfast https://t.co/XdeOybeGpw
— Caitriona Balfe (@caitrionambalfe) September 4, 2020

Her Outlander co-star Sam Heughan also took to Twitter to congratulate her.”What. A. CAST!!!!!!” he wrote. [Source]

Golden Globe- and BAFTA-nominated actress and producer Caitriona Balfe, together with Ocean Independent, the production arm of talent agency Emptage Hallett, have secured rights to adapt and produce Sarah Crossan’s novel Here Is the Beehive. Sources close to Balfe say schedule and timing permitting, this is intended to be a starring vehicle for Balfe as well.

Published last week in the UK by Bloomsbury Publishing, the novel is scheduled for publication in the U.S. in November by publisher Little, Brown.

“I am beyond thrilled that Sarah agreed to collaborate with me to bring her exciting and compelling novel to life for the screen,” said Balfe. “I was particularly drawn to her portrayal of a flawed, complex and wounded woman, navigating a tragic circumstance somewhat of her own creation.”

Here Is the Beehive is described as a suspenseful, immediate novel about grief, death and obsession. The narrative centers around Ana and Connor, who have been having an affair for three years. In hotel rooms and coffee shops, swiftly deleted texts and secretly captured weekends, they have built an insular world focused on one another. Peeling away the layers of two overlapping marriages, the book is a devastating excavation about risk, obsession and loss.

“I am delighted Caitriona Balfe has acquired the film rights to Here Is the Beehive,” said Crossan. “Her vision is ambitious and daring as well as sensitive to the original text. I am excited to be working with her and her team over the coming months and years.”

Balfe is best known for playing Claire in Starz’s popular drama series Outlander, which just concluded its fifth season. Based on Diana Gabaldon’s eight-book series, the series continues to be a fan favorite and has garnered numerous accolades for Balfe since the series launch in 2014. Balfe also serves as a producer on the show. On the big screen, she most recently starred as the female lead in the Oscar-nominated Ford v Ferrari.

Balfe is repped by WME, Jackoway Austen and Emptage Hallett in the UK. Crossan is represented by A.M. Heath in association with Dench Arnold. [Source]

If you’ve been craving some more Outlander goodness, then the team have a big treat for you.

The creators have confirmed they will be releasing an “End of Summer Series”, which will consist of four episodes.

And the best news of all? They’re starting from tomorrow (23rd August).

We’ve got the low-down on all the episodes, when they’re out and how you can be a part of the action – read on to find out more.

How to watch the Outlander specials

The Outlander summer specials will be available to stream via the Outlander Collector Facebook page.

The four-part series has been made in conjunction with Doctors Without Borders, an international aid organisation who work with over 70 countries around the globe.

Viewers can donate to the charity via the Facebook page.

Outlander star Caitriona Balfe has launched her own Scottish gin – and it’s for a great cause.

The Irish actress, who plays lead Claire Randall/Fraser in the show, has created Forget Me Not Gin to support the arts and “acknowledge the positive contribution creative industries make to society”.

Posting on her official Twitter account, Caitriona wrote: “This is a very special product that has combined my love of collaborating with friends, drinking and finding ways to support our beleaguered artistic community.

“So I hope you enjoy and feel the love that has gone into Forget Me Not.”

The star had previously teased the new gin in a clip of her enjoying a G & T with her instagram star cat Eddie.

The special spirit is described as a “smooth botanical gin” distilled in the Highlands of Scotland – though the distillery hasn’t been named.

It’s created using botanicals including the Forget Me Not flower (which holds special significance on the show), rosehip, elderflower and interestingly beetroot.

A portion of the profits from sales of the new expression will go to support a number of charities and projects involved with the arts.

The first of which is the SWG3 Graduate Programme, which is based in Glasgow and offers a 12-month sponsored studio residency and commissioning programme to artists and designers each year.

With Outlander Season 6 on hold thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Caitriona Balfe, who plays Claire Fraser, had time to join the rest of the cast, the exec producers, and best-selling author Diana Gabaldon to reminisce about Season 5 of the hit Starz series for the first-ever virtual PaleyFest LA.

Season 5 was an eventful one. Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin) tied the knot, Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) godfather Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) was killed at Alamance, Roger was hung and almost died, Jamie was also near death from a snake bite. If all that wasn’t enough, the season closed with Claire’s abduction and sexual assault at the hands of a rogue group of men from Brownsville.

“Subject matter like that is always difficult,” Balfe says of her kidnap and rape scenes. “It is really hard to address these subjects and feel that you are on the right path. You are always trying to toe the line between being responsible and not bringing anything that’s gratuitous or trying to show too much, while also being true to the situation and trying to respect the subject matter.”

In the instance of Claire, the decision was made by executive producer Matthew B. Roberts to try to do something unique for the “Never My Love” episode by adding a surrealistic element to the rape scenes. While Claire is being abused, she escapes in her mind to a fictional Thanksgiving set in the 1970s, where her Fraser’s Ridge family are incongruously in attendance.

Fans of Starz’s time-traveling love story Outlander will be intrigued. According to the show’s EP, Maril Davis, “something fun and new” will happen to the characters of Brianna and Roger in the upcoming Season 6.

Speaking during a PaleyFest panel discussion in Los Angeles, Davis did not elaborate further on this new storyline but said of the new season, “Jamie and Claire, their love deepens; Roger and Brianna, they have their own journey… and Caitlin [O’Ryan], who plays Lizzie, has a great story, and she’s such a great actress.”

Davis’ fellow EP Matthew B. Roberts also assured fans there will be no lull in the action enjoyed last season. “There are going to be joys, there’s going to be a drama, there’s going to be suffering, there’s going to be tears,” he said. “All of the above.”

Last season saw the action centered on Fraser’s Ridge, the homestead built in North Carolina by Claire and Jamie Fraser. Living on the brink of the Revolutionary War, they, and their daughter and son-in-law, Brianna and Roger, have faced execution, bereavement, sexual assault, kidnapping and even a snake bite.

The Season 5 finale of Starz’ mega-hit show Outlander was a deeply emotional journey for its leads, Caitriona Balfe, who plays Claire Fraser, and Sam Heughan, as her husband Jamie Fraser.

Since its 2014 premiere, the show has led us through two hundred years of time travel for the star-crossed lovers, as they’ve survived everything from the Battle of Culloden, to marauding pirates. Now, in Season 5, the couple have attempted to settle in 18th century North Carolina, on the brink of the American Revolutionary War. But of course, in true Outlander fashion, things do not run smoothly, and by the finale, Claire and Jamie Fraser find themselves in a horrific situation.

The episode “Never My Love” follows Claire as she is brutally abducted and raped. Speaking via video conference during an AwardsLine screening series panel discussion on Thursday, showrunner, executive producer and writer Matthew B. Roberts talked about the decision to do extensive research into trauma and to partner with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network).

“We wanted to be very careful with it,” he said. We have in the past on Outlander dealt with rape and sexual assault on the show so we have a lot of consultants, over the past six years, that we’ve been going to, and we mine their expertise before we even start the process.”

Balfe, who, along with Heughan was also a producer this season, added, “I think anytime you tackle the issue of sexual violence or rape, you want to do it the most responsible way you possibly can. What we’ve always done on Outlander is try to take a point of view and highlight something that can be somewhat helpful in terms of starting a conversation… We talked a lot with RAINN about how we could approach this and also in terms of having trigger warnings before the episode.”